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Four genders

A friend finally gave me the much talked about travel guide to Molvania.
On page 26 of the guide the reader finds a chapter on the Molvanian language:
“Molvanian is a difficult language to speak, let alone master. There are four genders: male, female, neutral and the collective noun for cheeses, which occupies a nominative sub-section of its very own. The language also contains numerous irregular verbs, archaic phrases, words of multiple meaning and several phonetic sounds linguists suspect could represent either a rare dialect or merely peasants clearing their throat.”

I love languages with lots of phonetic sounds and I don’t discriminate against peasants clearing their throat.


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What languages do you speak?
Glorious Turkmenistan
Ah, Molvania. It may be a primitive country but it is a paradise compared to Turkmenistan. At least in Molvania beards are permitted and opera and ballet haven't been banned as "unnecessary". The days of the week haven't been renamed after the president and his family either. If you are a Turkmen, Molvania is a place to pin your hopes on.

I am sure the authors of the book have much to thank Sagdiyev Borat for.
Four genders
The Czech language has also four genders. That is to say there are two different male genders; one for living things (people, animals) and one for dead things. They have seven different case endings. I don't know if this applies to all slavonic languages.
Juliane
I'm learning Molvanian.
Arnon
Are you planning on visiting Molvania any time soon?
Peasants clearing their throat
"The Dutch language is no language, it is a sore of the throat."
[Peter The Great ?]
Carlos
We all have much to thank Borat for.
I just saw an impressive documentary/ work of art. Have you seen it?

http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-media-pagina/RenzoMartensMedelevenIsNietGenoeg.htm
Haiku Van Rompuy
Ik ruik de vrieslucht
stap er dwars doorheen
Ik adem vrij.